(Left): Photo: Chloe Collyer; (Right): Du Fu on His Donkey, early 15th century, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, ink on paper, overall (incl endknobs & hanging braid): 72 1/2 × 18 1/8 in., image: 39 3/4 × 12 13/16 in.; Purchased from the bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Stewart Downey, 53.82, photo: Chloe Collyer; Courtesy Seattle Art Museum
Discover the Seattle Art Museum’s finely crafted teahouse and hear from their curators at these upcoming events this month!
Chanoyu: Tea Culture of Japan Demonstration
Saturday, February 15, 3-4pm
Seattle Art Museum, Teahouse (3rd floor)
Free with Admission
Experience Chanoyu in SAM’s finely crafted teahouse to discover how the medium of offering and receiving a bowl of tea provides a model for mindful living in a turbulent world.
Originating in China and transformed in Japan, the iconic Tea Culture of Chanoyu distills art, hospitality, and philosophy into an unprecedented and unrepeatable moment of serenity and beauty.
Chanoyu demonstrations are included with museum admission and held on the second Saturday of every month from 3-4 pm and the third Saturday of every month from 2-3 pm. Demonstrations are hosted by Seizankai, a group of certified tea instructors representing various traditions of Chanoyu.
To learn more, click here.
Members Conversations with Curators | Zen Misfits
Wednesday, February 19, 6-7:30pm
Seattle Art Museum
Members: $10; Member guests: $15
Their members-only lecture series features monthly conversations with the creative forces behind SAM’s collections and exhibitions. This month, explore the diverse cast of characters that populate Zen paintings—where buddhas and bodhisattvas appear alongside a host of other Buddhist and non-Buddhist deities, teachers, cultural luminaries, and semi-legendary magic figures. Focusing on medieval and early-modern Japan, this talk with Aaron Rio, Tateuchi Foundation Curator of Japanese and Korean Art, will explore the place of iconoclasts, outsiders, and other misfits in the Zen pictorial tradition.
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